110 Cookson Lane | Whitefield, ME 04353 | 207-232-7600 | tim@lackeysailing.com
Snow Lily | Thursday, March 7, 2013
With a router, I trimmed the overhanging sole material flush with the edges of the bilge hatch openings, finishing up with a chisel where needed.
The opening around the machinery room required a bit of fit-and-fill to extend the cabin sole substrate slightly over the additional support beams I'd installed earlier. This would allow me to reduce the size of the opening and eventual cover accordingly. From 18mm plywood, I scribed small pieces to fit the space as needed, then overlaid that with 1/4" plywood to bring the surface even with the original sole. I secured the various pieces with epoxy and screws as required.
Preparing ahead for the final installation of the electric motor and shafting, I painted out the applicable areas of the bilge, concentrating on the machinery room and the aft part of the bilge around the shaft tube. I'd continue painting other bilge areas later. I left the tops of the support beams unpainted for now since I needed to put the hatches back in place; I covered the newly-epoxied substrate pieces around the space with masking tape so I could lay on my temporary plywood floor that had covered the space since early in the project, allowing me to continue working in the cabin.
I continued work on the cabin sole, cutting, fitting, and installing most of the remaining "hard" areas of the starboard side, starting with the final two planks at the outboard edge of the starboard main cabin and the angled/hull area in the corner of the galley. After cutting and fitting these sections, I secured them with epoxy, brads, and weight as the circumstance dictated.
By the time I finally got past the short edge of the forward cabin bulkhead, it was late enough that I decided to install what I had, and leave the final area next o the hanging locker for another time, since I wouldn't have time to cut and fit those planks (about 1-1/2 planks, with the outboard edge requiring a long taper) and still epoxy everything in place.
An upward sweep to the area meant that there was concavity roughly in the center of the boards, so to hold the boards into the epoxy I used some sandbags, and left the area to cure overnight.
Total Time on This Job Today: 8.75 hours
